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1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday.
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January
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February
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March
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April
April 10 - Israeli commandos raid Beirut, assassinating 3 leaders of the Palestinian Resistance Movement. The Lebanese army's inaction brings the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Saib Salam, a Sunni Muslim leader from Beirut.
April 17 - Federal Express officially begins operations, with the launch of 14 small aircraft from Memphis International Airport. On that night, Federal Express delivers 186 packages to 25 U.S. cities from Rochester, NY, to Miami, Fla.
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May
May 27 - By virtue of the non-retroactivity of Soviet copyright laws, all works published before this date are public domain. This applies worldwide.
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June
June 23 - A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a 6-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 fire deaths caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
June 30 - Very long total solar eclipse. During the entire 2nd millennium, only seven total solar eclipses exceeded seven minutes of totality.
June 30 - MSG Network first televises a WWWF event. This will last nearly 23 years, and has returned in 2006.
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July
July 5 - The catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters. This explosion has become a classic incident, studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
July 20 - Chinese actor Bruce Lee dies of brain swelling in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
July 31 - A Delta Air Lines Flight 173 DC9-31 aircraft lands short of Boston's Logan Airport runway in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) to the right of the runway centerline and about 3000 feet (914 m) short. All 6 crew members and 83 passengers are killed, 1 of the passengers dying several months after the accident.
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August
August 15 - The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, marking the official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia.
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September
September 18 - The two German Republics, the BRD and the DDR, are admitted to the United Nations.
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October
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November
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December
December - Chile breaks diplomatic contacts with Sweden.
December 30 - Terrorist Carlos fails in his attempt to assassinate British businessman Joseph Sieff.
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Unknown dates
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Fictional events
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January
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February
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March-April
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May
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June
June 9 - Iain Lee, British comedian and radio and television presenter
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July
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August-September
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October
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November
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December
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January-March
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April-July
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August-October
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November-December
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Unknown date
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Nobel prizes
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Templeton Prize
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